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Epic second day at the 2017 Wixon Jewelers A Scow National Championship hosted by the Minnetonka Yacht Club. Wind, whitecaps, and waves set the stage for two more races on Lake Minnetonka.

The story of the day was undoubtedly the tight finish of Race Four. It was a thrilling battle between the top four boats: Will Crary's TypeA, Mike Keefe's Ajax, Tom Whowell's G Force, and Pat Hughes's Melvin.
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The wind on the opening day was consistent, but finishes for most of the J/111 were anything but.

When your tactician says to protect the left, it’s what you do, says Bradley Faber, of Owassa, Michigan, the skipper of Utah, which kicked off the J/111 North American Championships at the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta in
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Lawrence Specker or AL.com deatils the events which led up to and occured during the recent disater at the ill fated Dauphin Island Race on Mobile Bay in Alabama.

Like any other edition of the Dauphin Island Race, the 2015 edition began with the race before the race: The intense competition to gain the maximum advantage at the starting line as the seconds counted down.

The moments before a regatta's start can be alarming for newcomers, as some of the most aggressive skippers and crews on the water angle for tiny but significant advantages. The scene can seem like sheer chaos: A flurry
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The names of the dead and those feared lost after Saturday's Mobile Bay storm are still closely guarded by officials as family members are notified and given space to grieve and, in many cases, maintain hope.

A second night of searching is currently underway in the waters in-between Middle Bay Lighthouse and Dauphin Island.

But the fellowship of southern sailors is a small one in coastal Alabama, and according to one man who survived the Dauphin Island Regatta, the victims were the subject of quiet conversation at Mobile Yacht Club Saturday night.

"Those of us that were out there, we all race and sail together," said Joshua Edwards. "We knew who those people were.

"Most of us still know the names of the people they're still looking for."

Edwards said MYC members and guests quietly exchanged personal information Saturday night, still putting together details from the 57th annual regatta that ended with tears and rescue efforts, instead of trophies and cocktails.

Rare race imagery

The 32-year-old Mobile man said he skippered his parents' boat, St. Somewhere,
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Great Salt Lake • The saltiest sailors on the planet watched their sailboats get hoisted out of the Great Salt Lake Marina on Thursday and wondered when they might feel the rush of wind across the water again.

The only operating public marina on Utah's inland sea was hopping as state park managers, members of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, a crane company and
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